See Also: neophyte(medicine)
neophyte(dictionary)
neophyte(dictionary)

neophyte (iou)



neophyte noun & adjective. LME.
[ecclesiastical Latin neophytus from Greek neophutos newly planted (with ref. to 1 Timothy 3:6), formed as NEO- + phuton plant.]
A. noun.
A new convert to a Church or religious body; spec. a recently baptized convert to the early Christian Church. Also, in the Roman Catholic Church, a newly ordained priest, a novice of a religious order. LME.
A person who is new to a subject; a beginner, a novice. L16.
Botany. A plant introduced into an area where it was previously unknown. E20.
b. attrib. or as adjective. That is a neophyte, novice. L16.
A. Miller Theodore had ordered Barney, as a neophyte cop, to don civilian clothes.